J K JESSICA KUHLMAN Design Portfolio Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
resume Jessica Kuhlman
contact
47 San Simeon Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 mobile: 949-701-8236 home: 949-495-0686 jessica.l.kuhlman@gmail.com
objective
interested in pursuing a humanitarian project for my 5th year thesis
experience education
skills
drafting model making water-coloring drawing shop machiney (band saw, radial saw, welding, riveting, etc.) laser cutting casting plaster 3D Printing
digital skills
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator Autocad Bonzai Climate Consultant Form Z
competitions
Merced Housing Competition --Spring 2012 Timber in the City Competition--Spring 2013 Parklet in Downtown SLO for Bello Mundo--Spring 2013 selected as one of top three winners
interests
sustainable design residential projects humanitarian work
internship with STUDIOS architects San Francisco (2014)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Bachelors in Archietcture Minor in Sustainale Environments Completed: 3.5 years Graduation Date: June 2015 GPA: 3.10
Podium Makerbot Microsoft Office Revit Rhino (most used) Vray
I envision architecture as an opportunity to find creative solutions to needs in the world.
table of contents
Port Tonic Redesign San Trope, France
summer 2013 (4 pages)
Bello Mundo Cafe Parklet San Luis Obispo, California
spring 2013 (2 pages)
Timber in the City ACSA Competitions Red Hook (Brooklyn), New York
spring 2013 (12 pages)
Affordable Housing Complex Pasadena, California
spring 2012 (2 pages)
Port Tonic Redesign RESILIENCE Billy Schreiber, Brianna Ruland, Jessica Kuhlman, Emily Wang Professor Tom DiSanto
What is so special about a port on the sea? Life as an artist isn’t easy and requires the ability to keep on moving no matter what storms come our way. Like this majestic fortitude of a site, an artist must have a solid foundation, similar to the rocks this new architecture rests on. As the waves of life change and new struggles keep beating on, the artist still stands strong and is able to adapt and regenerate new ideas. On the scenic coast of the French Mediterranean rests a place known as Port Tonic. A place where calm waters mesh with resilient rugged rocks. It is on this foundation of refuge where established artists can live for a time to work and act as mentors for younger aspiring artists. Artists young and old can reside in this refuge on the sea while the public is encouraged and welcomed to come be inspired and revive their own creativity. While funneling through fluid spaces of art and sculptures, individuals will become immersed in the currents of an artists’ genius and be led toward the sea.
INFUSION
Individuals enter the space through the parking garage, first becoming enwrapped in a space with warm sunlight streaming through sculptural lightwells. They have the option to either follow the light up the stairs to the sculpture garden, or enter the building from the parking garage around the winding ramp into the atrium space. The young artists’ workshop space rests as an exposed glass-enveloped space, encouraging interaction and drawing attention through its own ambience. The circulation flows throughout the gallery spaces in the main two buildings and directs individuals outdoors toward the peaceful port. The artists’ residence has space for two permanent or temporary established artists to live and work comfortably with their own studio space in their bedrooms as well as a collaborative studio space on the ground floor, looking straight out to the sea.
Port Tonic Redesign SECTION A
SECTION B
SECTION C
The life of an artist is constantly transforming, changed by each wave of struggles and experience that comes his or her way. Young aspiring artists have the opportunity to observe and learn in hands-on workshops from older established painters and sculptors. How does transformation occur? In the refuge of Port Tonic, a smooth transformation occurs from the rippling façade and fluid circulation. The façade is composed of panels of plexy glass routed with undulating ribbons echoing ocean currents. Just like the sea’s currents, the consistency of the fluid façade is interrupted by openings. These openings allows for circulation to intertwine smoothly through the buildings, for the entry, the bridge and exit from the café upon the port. As the façade shifts, so do the panels, resulting in a rippling effect and transformative experience.
Bello Mundo Cafe Parklet
UNWIND
WINNERS OF PARKLET DESIGN FOR CLIENT
partner project: Jessica Kuhlman & Diana Rodriguez
Studying concepts of diffusion, the main idea behind this parklet unraveled as “UNWIND.” The large focal point of the parklet would rest directly in front of Bello Mundo Café, drawing visitors in, and bikers would be welcomed to gently ride in, park their bikes on the spacesaving vertical bike trees, and unwind in this peaceful and playful parklet. This parklet offers a variety of spaces that satisfy those just pausing to lean and wait for a friend, parents chatting over coffee while their children play, and individuals looking for an enjoyable afternoon downtown. The winding seating is shaded comfortably by an undulating trellis that creates interesting shadows, protects those underneath and provides an enjoyable experience. Planters are situated within these wooden seating chunks to add greenery and diffuse the urban fabric of San Luis Obispo’s downtown with nature. A rustic color pallet of dark wood seating and railing with the rusty red color of the trellis reflects San Luis Obispo’s natural ambiance.
slice
direct
diffuse unwind
Site Plan
foilage
Seating Diagram tiles
Cortens steel
Longitudinal Section recycled wood slats
wood block
Timber In the City Competition INTRAGROWTH, Red Hook is a Timber constructed building that brings the constant growth of the forest into the dense population of the city.
InfraGROWTH REDEFINING URBAN SUBURBIA IN RED HOOK, NY group project: Jessica Kuhlman Natalie Abbott Sergio Hinojosa
Using wood, an ever growing, endlessly renewable resource, we could create a building that has the potential to grow with the expansion and harvesting of trees. A forest of Cross Laminated Timber [CLT] CORES are strategically placed within the site. These 7 cores have the space and structural capacity to hold 45 apartment units at full capacity. Almost 200% more units than the program required this building will be able to grow to meet the needs of the growing population. 1960’s
INDUSTRY [25%]
RESIDENCE [40%]
CIRCULATION [15%]
2015
PARK+PUBLIC [15%]
The beauty of this system comes with the ability for the residence to choose and customize their apartment units to be placed on the CORES. Diverging from the 1960’s ideal of identical prefabrication these wood modules have the ability to be interchanged to meet any modern lifestyle, family type or space needs. The cores carry a majority of the structural loads, with units hooked securely through the core using steel cables and Clevis Hook connections. Each unit’s structure acts as a small truss made of CLT panels that help distribute the cantilevered loads. The manufacturing and other commercial spaces are subdivided by intertwining paths of bike and pedestrian circulation. These spaces and paths turn our site into a city of its own with smaller blocks within the larger Red Hook site. A green roof envelopes and brings all of the commercial space together. Sloping towards the water and the public garden this habitable green roof provides a touch of nature and public space for the residence and people of Red Hook.
Circulation Diagram Bike Paths Public Circulation
Timber In the City Competition
Str uctural Cores
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 0
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CORES made of 10� Cross Laminated Timber are dispersed over the site. These CORES are dove jointed together and laced with reinforcing metal to hold the entire structure together. The main exterior core is complemented and reinforced further by the secondary core which also houses residential circulation and egress. The thickness and layers of this core make it a 2-hour fire rated building. The CORES main function is to support residential units that will connect to every core over time. Each of the [7] CORES has space for 25-Studio Units, 9-I Bedroom Units, 6- 2 Bedroom Units and 5-3 Bedroom Units. Over the course of its life the CORES have the potential to support 315 Residential Units.
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CONNECTION DETAILS 1. STEEL CLEVIS HOOK CONNECTION 2. 3/4” STEEL TENSION RODS 3. 8” x 12” x 3/4” BASE BRACKET 2.
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UNIT CONSTRUCTION 4. CNC CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER TRUSSES 5. 2” x 4” FLOOR JOISTS 6. 1/2” PLY WOOD 7. 4” RIDGED INSULATION 8. RADIANT FLOOR HEATING 9. HARDWOOD FLOORING
CORE EGRESS
Timber In the City Competition
Unit Design The Residential UNITS of //INFRAGROWTH: RedHook provide residence with a new experience when buying a house. Each 12’x14’ module is selected by the resident, ensuring they are getting an apartment that meets their needs and lifestyle exactly.
175%
//POTENTIAL TO EXPAND
By designing, constructing and attaching each unit individually there is potential to continue adding units to //INFRAGROWTH: RedHook past its initial construction period. PREFABRICATED TIMBER UNITS [325 sq ft] //REQUIRED: 100 units //POTENTIAL :150
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[650 sq ft] //REQUIRED: 35 units //POTENTIAL : 60
units
[850 sq ft] //REQUIRED: 25 units //POTENTIAL : 40
units [1000 sq ft]
//REQUIRED: 15 units //POTENTIAL : 30
units
YOU PICK:
UNITS
WOODEN SLATS_0 째
Timber In the City Competition
Cladding Design
WOODEN SLATS_45 째
PREFABRICATED SOLAR SCREENS Solar Shading is designed to give residence a choice in the facade of their UNIT. Requirements and shading minimums are set in place for South and West facing facades Depending on orientation and placement on the towers Solar Screens provide shade from harsh southern light in the summer. Wooden screens diffuse light and can be angled to let in warmth and light in the winter. PV glass pains make up the fourth facade, absorbing solar energy to power UNITS.
YOU PICK:
CLADDING
WOODEN SLATS_90 째
REQUIRED:
SUSTAINABILITY
Timber In the City Competition
Sustainability
GEOThhermal Wells Tubes draw heat from below ground to heat the building. This helps to save on heating costs and electricity use in the cold months.
Rain Water Collection System The sloping green roof is ideal for directing and filtering water to a collection basin under the roof.
In an urban environment like New York City, public space and green space are crucial to keep the air clean and people happy. By sloping an inhabitable roof upward from the public garden across the street, the green space and plaza atmosphere is continued onto the large roof area.
Timber In the City Competition
Public and Green Space
REQUIRED:
Growth Among Units in Residential Towers
Physical Models
Timber Competition
Inter nship at STUDIOS Ar chitects
Pasadena Housing Project
Cubic Calm
Structural Diagram
UCLA Medical Center
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Instead of being rushed out of a hospital or stressing about transportation for treatments, individuals suffering from brain tumors, receiving cancer treatment, or recovering in therapy after a procedure can live in these temporary comfortable cubic apartments. Each two story unit, some ADA specific, allows for a patient to relax and recover in an ambient atmosphere, with space for an immediate family member or friend. A shuttle to the world’s best hopsitals in LA county, such as Cedar Sinai and UCLA Medical Center, will lift the burden of transportation for those needing constant treatments.
unit A 2.5
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unit B 10
20
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North Elevation
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West Elevation
South Elevation
East Elevation